HIV/AIDS Information


The State of the Epidemic, the Changing Response & the Prognosis


25 years of HIV

Reflecting on how far we have come scientifically since isolating HIV in 1983, Anthony S. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) at the US National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, and chief of the NIAID Laboratory of Immunoregulation, urges a renewed commitment to the far greater challenges ahead, especially that of vaccine development.



Know the Facts about HIV/AIDS

> The State of the Epidemic, the Changing Response & the Prognosis > How well does HIV survive outside the body?
> What is HIV? > Where did HIV come from?
> What is AIDS? > How many people have HIV/AIDS?
> How is HIV detected? > What HIV/AIDS statistics are the most reliable?
> How does HIV cause AIDS? > What do endemic, epidemic and pandemic mean?
> Why do some people make statements that HIV does not cause AIDS? > What is ARV?
> How long does it take for HIV to cause AIDS? > What is HAART?
> What are some of the symptoms of HIV infection and AIDS? > What is drug resistance?
> Is there a cure for HIV/AIDS? > What is ABC in terms of HIV prevention?
> What is the link between HIV and tuberculosis? > What is the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria?
> What is the link between HIV and sexually transmitted diseases? > What is the 3 by 5 Initiative?
> How is HIV transmitted? > What is absorptive capacity?
> Which body fluids transmit HIV? > How many women in the world today are living with HIV?
> How is HIV not transmitted? > Why are young women at a higher risk of HIV infection than young men?
> How can HIV transmission be prevented? > What factors make women more vulnerable?
> How effective are latex condoms in preventing HIV? > What social and cultural factors make women more vulnerable?
> Why is injection drug use a risk for HIV transmission? > What economic factors make women more vulnerable?
> Are health care workers at risk of getting HIV on the job? > What biological factors make women more vulnerable?
> Are patients in a health care setting at risk of getting HIV? > What female-initiated preventive technologies already exist?
> Can HIV be transmitted through casual contact? > What new preventive technologies are in development?
> Can HIV be transmitted through mosquitoes?    

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UNAIDS/WHO AIDS Epidemic Update: December 2006

The annual AIDS epidemic update reports on the latest developments in the global AIDS epidemic. Sub-Saharan remains the most affected region in the world. Two thirds of all people living with HIV live in this region––24.7 million people in 2006.

Almost three quarters of all adult and child deaths due to AIDS occurred in sub-Saharan Africa––2.1 million of the global 2.9 million deaths due to AIDS.

With maps and regional summaries, the 2006 edition provides the most recent estimates of the epidemic’s scope and human toll, explores new trends in the epidemic’s evolution.



Global Health Reporting and Global Health Facts

These websites – www.globalhealthreporting.org and www.globalhealthfacts.org – provide timely news summaries, information and global data on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria for journalists and others.

Get in-depth information and resources on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria for each country.

> Angola > Liberia > Rwanda
> Botswana > Madagascar > Senegal
> Burkina Faso > Malawi > Seychelles
> Congo-Brazzaville > Mauritius > South Africa
> Democratic Rep. of Congo > Mozambique > Swaziland
> Ethiopia > Namibia > Tanzania
> Gabon > Burundi > Togo
> Ghana > Cameroon > Uganda
> Kenya > Côte d'Ivoire > Zambia
> Lesotho > Nigeria > Zimbabwe

Fact Sheet: The HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Sub-Saharan Africa (January 2007)

This fact sheet provides an overview of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Fact Sheet: The Global HIV/AIDS Epidemic (November 2006)

This updated fact sheet provides the latest data on the global HIV/AIDS epidemic, including impact by region, on women and young people, and data on the global response.

The Caribbean Broadcast Media Partnership on HIV/AIDS (CBMP)

The Caribbean Broadcast Media Partnership on HIV/AIDS (CBMP) is an unprecedented coalition of 43 major Caribbean commercial and public broadcast companies. The CBMP represents an unprecedented collaboration by leading broadcasters in the Caribbean to develop a coordinated regional public awareness campaign on HIV/AIDS. The Partnership is unique because the media companies themselves drive the development of the campaign. Broadcasters have also made a significant financial commitment by pledging concrete programming assets – up to 12 minutes per day – for placement of campaign materials. The commitment of broadcasters is defined by an alignment of interests and expectations; airtime is not purchased for placement of HIV/AIDS messaging. As visible and influential opinion leaders in their respective communities, the media’s active engagement in the fight against HIV/AIDS also sends a powerful signal to policymakers and other stakeholders about the importance of a collaborative response to the epidemic.

LIVE UP: Love. Protect. Respect.

The LIVE UP campaign was developed by the CBMP with support from a regional advisory committee of media and HIV/AIDS experts. It is the first media-led campaign on HIV/AIDS to reach across the entire Caribbean and includes new specially-produced television and radio public service ads (PSAs), rights-free long-form programming, and informational materials for CBMP broadcasters to employ in their outreach efforts. Emphasizing personal action, LIVE UP links people together with one message of hope and possibility and inspires everyone to consider what is within their power to stem the spread of HIV/AIDS.

Television Producers on HIV and AIDS

The Global Network of Young TV Producers on HIV and AIDS involves the participation of broadcasting organizations in Africa, Asia Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Europe. The capacity building project aims to improve the professional competence of young television producers reporting on HIV and AIDS but also mobilizes long-term commitment of regional and sub-regional broadcasting and media training organizations in support of the prevention, treatment, and care of HIV and AIDS.


HIV/AIDS in Africa – ACTafrica – The World Bank Program

To support implementation of its HIV/AIDS strategy, the World Bank has established a multisectoral
AIDS Campaign Team for Africa – ACTafrica. The team serves as the region's focal point and clearinghouse on HIV/AIDS and provides a variety of services, including:

  • Supporting implementation of the Multi-Country HIV/AIDS Program for Africa (MAP) program;
  • Supporting African countries through knowledge dissemination and exchange;
  • Mainstreaming HIV/AIDS into the Bank's work in multiple sectors;
  • Supporting Bank country teams in addressing HIV/AIDS in their country assistance strategies;
  • Building HIV/AIDS impact assessment into existing environmental and/or social assessment processes;
  • Strengthening and expanding the Bank's partnership with UNAIDS, as well as with key agencies, non-governmental organizations, and donors.

African Medical & Research Foundation



Founded in 1957, AMREF is the only international health development NGO that has its headquarters in Africa, and 97% of the staff are African. AMREF implements projects to learn, and shares that learning with others to advocate for changes in health policy and practice. AMREF aims to close the gap that prevents people from accessing their basic right to health.

The U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (Emergency Plan/PEPFAR)

The U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (Emergency Plan/PEPFAR) is the largest commitment ever by any nation for an international health initiative dedicated to a single disease

-- a five-year, $15 billion, multifaceted approach to combating the disease around the world. Through the Emergency Plan, the U.S. Government is working with international, national and local leaders worldwide to support integrated prevention, treatment and care programs.
The Emergency Plan supports the multisectoral national responses in host nations through the principles known as the "Three Ones": - one national plan, one national coordinating authority, and one national monitoring and evaluation system. Rather than mandating that all contributors do the same things in the same ways, the Three Ones facilitate complementary and efficient action in support of host nations.

Afrique Santé

Based in France, this French-language site produces radio and television programs on health issues, including HIV/AIDS.


Journalists Against AIDS (JAAIDS) Nigeria

Website offers HIV/AIDS information for the following West African countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Niger, Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo. Also contains information on the media and HIV/AIDS in Africa, links, and the Nigeria-AIDS eForum. In English and French.

 

Kaisernetwork.org


Kaisernetwork.org, an online resource for non-partisan, timely, and in-depth coverage of health policy developments, debates, and discussions, provides summaries of the latest HIV/AIDS health press coverage as well as transcripts and live and archived webcasts of issue-based briefings and other health events.

South Africa's national HIV prevention programme for youth combines country-wide HIV prevention services for young people through government clinics, schools and community-based outreach programs with a sustained high profile multi-media HIV/AIDS education campaign. loveLife's media materials are available rights free on request.

Soul City

Soul City (a long running South African public health edutainment series) aims to adapt Soul City media (TV, radio and print) in 8 sub-saharan African countries and to provide systematic training in the development of a multi-media health initiative. Soul City is currently working with local partners in Lesotho, Swaziland, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia and Malawi and is in the process of finding appropriate partners in Zimbabwe and Mozambique. Each local partner will identify core Soul City material (radio, TV, and print) that they wish to adapt in their country.